IT’S OFFICIAL. MARK YOUR CALENDARS. PLAN YOUR HOTEL RESERVATIONS.
The 2026 reunion will be held at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick (Airport), an IHG Hotel in Warwick, Rhode Island. The dates will be Tuesday, September 1, 2026, to Sunday, September 6, 2026. The average daily hotel rate will be $159 + tax with free breakfast every morning in the hospitality room.
Details about our reunion hotel can be found at: https://www.ihg.com/crowneplaza/hotels/us/en/warwick/wrwri/hoteldetail
To make a hotel reservation online on the IHG website, go to: Select your room and select your room type. The website has the USS Albany Association room rates and is automatically set for the reunion dates. If your dates are not for the full reunion from September 1 to September 6, then you will need to adjust the dates selected.
To make a hotel reservation by phone, please contact the Crowne Plaza directly at 401.732.6000 and ask to be booked with the special rate for the USS Albany Association and give them code "USA".
Yes, this reunion will be held on a weekend so our SSN-753 shipmates will be able to attend on the weekend to share camaraderie with fellow shipmates. Yes, we were at the Crowne Plaza in 2021 for our reunion. Yes, you can invite friends and guests. No, we will not have the same tours as 2021. All tours will be new tours planned by Reunion Chairman Dan Cella, taking us to the New London homeport of the SSN-753 and to Battleship Cove in Fall River. This is just the start of our planning.
There will be corn hole tournaments in the hospitality room on our own USS Albany game boards. Start getting your teams together. It will be a week of great camaraderie for all. The Crowne Plaza is a fine hotel for veterans, and it hosts many veterans’ reunions throughout the year. The hotel also has a free shuttle to and from the airport. We did try to get a hotel closer to New London but could not find a hotel for under $200 per night and all breakfast was extra with no hospitality room.
MORE INFO COMING SOON. SEE YOU AT THE CROWNE PLAZA IN SEPTEMBER.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Many thanks to Dan Cella and Lou Amico who are working hard to plan the 2026 reunion!
The USS Albany Association Leadership Team
